asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the percentage rise in expenditure on the common fisheries policy each year since 1979; what increase is proposed for the next two years; and what is the estimated proportion of the expenditure for 1985 and 1986 that will finance the fisheries inspectorate.

The annual percentage change in Community expenditure under the common fisheries policy since 1979 has been as follows:

	Percentage change
1979	+20·2
1980	-2·6
1981	+14·5
1982	+10·8
1983	+4·0
*1984	-4·0
* (provisional)

The 1985 budget contains 111·8 Mecu for the CFP. This is a 103 per cent. increase on the provisional outturn figure for 1984, but it is not known how much of the available appropriations will actually be used. I regret that information cannot be given for 1986 as the preliminary draft budget has not yet been published.The cost of the Fisheries Inspectorate is treated as part of the Commission's overall staff costs and is not separately identified in the budget.